Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual page 149

Changing local user passwords
This section shows how to change the password for an existing local user account.The device
stores not only the current password configured for a local user, but the previous two passwords
configured for the user as well. The local user's password cannot be changed to one of the stored
passwords.
Consequently, if you change the password for a local user, you must select a password that is
different from the current password, as well as different from the previous two passwords that had
been configured for that user.
For example, say local user waldo originally had a password of "whereis", and the password was
subsequently changed to "whois", then later changed to "whyis". If you change waldo's password
again, you cannot change it to "whereis", "whois", or "whyis".
Using the CLI
To change a local user password using the CLI, enter a command such as the following at the
global CONFIG level of the CLI.
NOTE
You must be logged on with Super User access (privilege level 0) to change user passwords.
BigIron(config)# username wonka password willy
This command changes wonka's user name password to "willy".
Syntax: [no] username <user-string> password <password-string>
Enter up to 255 characters for <user-string>.
The <password-string> parameter is the user password. The password can be up to 255
characters and must differ from the current password and two previously configured passwords.
Using the Web Management Interface
To change a local user password using the Web Management Interface, you must first delete the
user account, then re-add it with the new password. Use the following procedure.
NOTE
Before you can change a local user account using the Web Management Interface, you must enable
this capability by entering the CLI command "password-change any" at the global CONFIG level of the
CLI.
1. Log in to the Web Management Interface using a valid user name and password that has a
2. Select Configure->System->Management->User Account.
3. User account information is listed in a table. Click on the Delete button next to the user
4. Click on Add User Account.
5. Enter the user name in the Username field. The name cannot contain blanks.
6. Enter the password in the Password field. The password cannot contain blanks.
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account whose password you wish to change.
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